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Western Civilization and Buddhism's Influence

is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...

A Variety of Viewpoints on Racism

society as we know it and, furthermore, the end of Western civilization in the process. His vision of the "Death of the West" is f...

The New Chrysler LLC - An Analysis

silent transmissions, semi-automatic transmissions, different wheelbases, power steering, air bags, the first minivans, the first ...

In What Ways Is Reading Literary Works of Another Age Of Value To Understanding History And To Understanding One's Place In History?

age help to dispel myths and mistruths about the past that have erroneously been passed on as fact. Sometimes history is portraye...

Kant/Speculative Beginning of Human History

A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian ...

Comparing 3 paintings & painting/music

babies shown abandoned testifies to the fact that many of the women were mothers who were separated from their children. A red rob...

Geishas

Arthur Golden and then a major motion picture. In 1992, Golden traveled to Kyoto and interviewed Mineko Iwasaki, a legendary, reti...

Woodrow Wilson and Word War I

as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arthur, 2004). ...

Deviance Across Cultures: Girl Gangs Around the World

feud between rival families of the Camorra crime syndicate" exploded in a small town outside Naples (Israely, 2002, p. 32). The le...

United Church Of Canada And Christology

to defer to clergy as people in other churches (Stewart, 1983). These attitudes would be expected if one considers the three tradi...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Slavery, Rebellion and the Memory of Freedom

of early American history did not have a complex culture, a culture that encompassed a deep religiosity. Indeed, Nat Turner, lead...

Exploration and the Impacts of Geomorphology and Geography

In five pages this paper discusses how the exploration age has been affected by geomorphology and geography with a consideration o...

A Short History of Apartheid

there was a great deal of protest (Lewis 6). That was only the beginning of the history of apartheid. Money, at it usually does ...

US Reasons for Entering Word War I

were formed as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arth...

CHINA'S ROLE IN AFRICA, GOOD AND BAD

just a few. Both the U.S. and China view Africa as a potential source of oil and raw materials, though China is examining the coun...

Presentation on the History of the US Army

his 12 slide PowerPoint presentation traces the history of the US army from the origins of the army through to the twenty-first ce...

BRIC Nations as an FDI Destination Compared to Other Developing Economies

assess the potential for future growth and attraction for FDI. It is generally agreed that the BRIC nations are in a...

Strauss and Howe/The Fourth Turning

Summary and review of the major points made by Strauss and Howe in this fascinating history text, which predicts near future for t...

Wild Swans and the Realities of Communism

"Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own-Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947)" (Chang, 1991, p. 75). This title conveys the attit...

Slavery in Two Worlds

slaves from Africa were sold mostly in the Americas. Wolf first discusses who bought these slaves and why, and then answers the q...

Mathabane/Kaffir Boy

a distinct segment of the society. In US history, anyone with even a drop of African blood was considered culturally to be "black"...

Slavery in Africa and Europe

then there was the arrival and influence of the Islamic people who further made an impact on slavery. This is also important to un...

Kasserine Pass - American View

his arrival in North Africa, British General Harold R.L.G. Alexander described the Americans as "ignorant, ill-trained and rather ...

Analysis of Art

it was carved. (African masks were often made of wood).2 The color is a very dark brown and there are different textures that woul...

The Chinese Banking System

European Union and United States the banking sector remains weak and fragile. However, compared to some African nations it is deve...

Civil Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon

which Brown was grounded rested "solely on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution" (1977, p. 306). Warren also points out t...

The Galileo Project

including book sources by Hale, Cochrane and Biagioli, who have published sources on this subject. Though the author of the cite...

British National Cinema in the 1980's

identity in relation to the various products of the national and international film and television industries, and the conditions ...

An Analysis of IBM

be known as IBM so many years later. The development of IBM is a patchwork, the Computing Scale Company of America is formed in 1...